John Adams: Doctor Atomic
La ópera de John Adams de 2005 explora los problemas personales y morales que rodean la invención de la bomba atómica. Grabada en vivo, esta es una versión de poder y convicción colosales. Gerald Finley ocupa un papel protagonista como Robert Oppenheimer, un científico atormentado por las dudas. Después de haberlo cantado en el estreno y muchas veces desde entonces, aquí ofrece una creación magníficamente caracterizada. Julia Bullock, Brindley Sherratt, Samuel Sakker y Andrew Staples sobresalen en sus papeles secundarios y el propio Adams dirige a una Sinfónica de la BBC extraordinariamente galvanizada. Una grabación esencial de un clásico de la ópera moderna.
"We are bedeviled by faulty detonators"
"Many of us are inclined to say"
"This is a petition"
"What if it's a dud?"
"The test must go on as scheduled"
"No, before the bomb is used"
"The motive of it all was loneliness"
"What the hell is wrong with the weather?"
BBC Symphony Orchestra· Gerald Finley· John Adams· Marcus Farnsworth· Aubrey Allicock
"Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"
Gerald Finley· John Adams· Marcus Farnsworth· BBC Symphony Orchestra· Aubrey Allicock
"I'll sign the report, sir"
Gerald Finley· Marcus Farnsworth· BBC Symphony Orchestra· Aubrey Allicock· John Adams
"With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes"
BBC Symphony Orchestra· Samuel Sakker· John Adams· Aubrey Allicock· Gerald Finley
"I have been preoccupied with many matters"
BBC Symphony Orchestra· Gerald Finley· Aubrey Allicock· John Adams· Samuel Sakker
"Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions"
BBC Symphony Orchestra· John Adams· Aubrey Allicock
"General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude"
BBC Symphony Orchestra· John Adams· Aubrey Allicock· Gerald Finley
"To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country"
"A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"
BBC Symphony Orchestra· Jennifer Johnston· John Adams· Aubrey Allicock
"Fermi is taking wagers"
John Adams· Brindley Sherratt· Gerald Finley· Aubrey Allicock· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies"
"Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"
John Adams· Marcus Farnsworth· Brindley Sherratt· Aubrey Allicock· BBC Symphony Orchestra· Jennifer Johnston· Gerald Finley
"This program has been plagued from the start"
Gerald Finley· Aubrey Allicock· John Adams· BBC Singers· BBC Symphony Orchestra
"To keep the weakness secret"
"I just finished reading The Magic Mountain"
"The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back"
"And love, which contains all human spirit"
"The only saviors are the ham sandwiches"
BBC Symphony Orchestra· Brindley Sherratt· Aubrey Allicock· John Adams· Gerald Finley
"Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"
Brindley Sherratt· BBC Symphony Orchestra· John Adams· Aubrey Allicock
"To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded"
"The sky is clear to the east"
"In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight"
Producción
- Friedemann EngelbrechtProducción
- Wolfgang SchiefermairIngeniería de edición
- René MöllerIngeniería de mezcla, Ingeniería de masterización, Ingeniería de edición, Ingeniería de grabación